So I see LJ is ready and eager to get back in the swing of things. What are some early predictions for his yardage this coming seasons?
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So I see LJ is ready and eager to get back in the swing of things. What are some early predictions for his yardage this coming seasons?
Though I do think that it is too early to judge.... what the hell. It is the off season and there isnt anything else to do. I think that we really have the comings of a good offense in the next few years. We are sure to see lots of two tight end sets, so if we establish a fullback I believe we will be watching the LJ of old. Not to mention the versatility of Charles. I would live to see some screen passes to him behind our giant receiving core.
All in all if healthy I say LJ will have around a 1200 yard season.
With that i leave you bananas hittin it doggy style
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Slightly early, but hell...it's a slow news day :)
So, I'm going with...broken bone in foot from carrying fat wallet. Loses starting job to Kolby or Charles.
Seriously though, he ran GREAT when he was pissed off. Now he has no reason to be pissed off so he has no drive. He looked like a high school player out there last year...before the injury. I'm going to say 750 yards and it becomes a season of running back by committee.
Remember LJ was coming in after a hold-out also...and was behind a new and diminished O-line...I'll guess 1100 yards and 9 TDs for LJ
I'll agree with about 1100 if he can stand after 4 or 5 games. I'll say 11 TDs. IMO, Charles and Smith will be used more in the middle of the field.
My "dream" would be to see LJ/Charles or LJ/Smith/Charles end up like Taylor/Jones-Drew.
Good point; I wonder how well LJ's ego will take getting the ball inside the ten or the five only to come out of the game and let someone else finish it off? I know he has got his big payday contract but it just seems to me that this was the kind of thing that he got his nose all bent out of shape with before. Although, perhaps it could be just the very thing to get him running angry again. :D
I like LJ for about 900. Kolby for about 200. Charles for about 500.
http://www.kansascity.com/sports/chi...ry/640131.html
Chan's gonna run the ball as much as he can.
I believe that ir will be a commity running back scenerio this year. i don't believe he is 100% healthy. I am actually sick of him honestly. before the money he worked his ars off and they crapper!!
LJ's season will depend on these conditions.
1) His attitude. He should Be in camp this year. He has his money. No excuses. Lay off the rap and play football Larry!
2) The condition of the revamped O-line. no explanation needed.
3) His health. There was a lot of mystery surrounding his injury last year. I'm not convinced we can quit worrying about it.
I agree, but I also think that a lot depends on how well LJ and Brody jive this year! Which I think they are going to do very well this year. (crossing my fingers)
I hope LJ's success last season (or lack thereof) was enough to knock him down a notch. He seems to be better when he is humbled by someone or something and is motivated to prove otherwise.
LJ will rush for 1,348 yards.
I think this will be LJ's last year as a Chief. My prediction is he'll play about 60% of of the running with Jamal Charles picking up the rest. Charles is a more versatile runner who shares similarities with Priest Holmes and is nimble and able to cut back and change direction. The guy is so damn fast he is rarely caught once he breaks containment.
Herm and Carl are going younger and the philosophy is to rebuild and be a contender is two to three more seasons. LJ will be 29 this November and will be nearing the end of his career when the team will be ready for post season play in two to three years. I see him getting traded after this season is done.
Charles is the real deal and is fast as lightning. His only fault while at Texas was fumbling. The coaches worked with him and this last season he had excellent ball control.
With the 2007 Texas Longhorn football team, Charles rushed for 1,619 yards and 18 touchdowns, with an average of more than six yards per carry. Early in the season, Mack Brown and Greg Davis hinted that Jamaal Charles could face less playing time as a result of his fumbling problems.[6] Charles says that he feels a deep remorse over his fumbles and feels that he is the biggest reason the team lost to the Oklahoma Sooners in the 2007 Red River Shootout. Texas running backs coach Ken Rucker and former Longhorn running back Earl Campbell have both worked with Charles on his ball handling. Greg Davis said he wants to get the ball to Charles "in space", on pitches and passes, instead of in heavy traffic up the center.[7]
On October 28, 2007, Charles rushed for 290 yards, the most ever against the Nebraska Cornhuskers and the fourth-highest total in Texas Longhorns history. His 216 yards in the fourth quarter were just six shy of the NCAA record for a single quarter set by the University of Washington Huskies's Corey Dillon in 1996. For these accomplishments, Charles won a fan vote for AT&T All-America Player of the Week.
Despite skipping his senior year, Charles ranks fourth in the list of total-rushing yards by a UT player, behind Ricky Williams, Cedric Benson, and Earl Campbell, with 3,328 yards. Williams and Campbell each won the Heisman Trophy in their senior season. With Charles' departure, quarterbackColt McCoy becomes the leading returning rusher for the Longhorns.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pm0y9Pol04"]YouTube - Jamaal Charles 86 Yard TD run vs. Nebraska[/ame]
I don't think Carl will trade him(crossing my fingers that Carl is fired). Carl will make the fans suffer for the long term deal mistake.
That being said, I hope LJ can return to his old form this season.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83peWVap63c"]YouTube - Jamal Charles 80yd TD Run against o.u.[/ame]
That's what I was thinking... Charles should be used more on the outside with sweeps and whatnot (Something they didn't do during mini-camp and it was a little disapointing). Like Holmes, that's where he seems to be the most effective.
I thought all of the running backs looked great in Mini-Camp... even Jackie Battle. He's a big guy who's got great forward speed. He can knock people around too.
We should seriously consider dangling LJ in the face of Chicago's front office. They're in desperate need of a proven back, amongst other things, right now. After Johnson got his big contract last year, all us chiefs fans were complaining because we knew we'd never be able to trade him. I think the Bears would actually be willing to take him. Many of their fans think they screwed up again by taking Forte in the second round when they had better options in that position. This could be Chicago's chance to make up for Benson and it would make signing our first three picks a lot easier in the coming weeks/months.
Not likely to happen...although the Bears would likely pay the money, they wouldn't give up the players to make the trade balanced.
That's the problem...the players that would be considered "equitable" to LJ, would probably be untouchable...they have a half dozen studs on defense, as well as Hester...but I don't see the Bears offering anything but draft picks, and the Chiefs can't take that trade as it would put too much pressure on a young QB and the O-line to perform with an unproven RB.
It doesn't matter.
LJ is in the second year of a 5 year contract, and the bears would pick up the annual salary on his contract, but the reamaining signing bonus would accelerate to this year on the Chiefs cap.
I don't remember what his signing bonus was, and I know that the Chiefs have a lot of cap space, but I'm pretty sure that that bonus acceleration would take a big chunk of that cap space.
Trading LJ is not an option at this time.
I overlooked this post.
I think many people are underrating Charles.
He displayed good vision at Texas, and he is pretty cut physically, this without hitting the weights as regularly as most football players because of his track obligations.
In a couple of years, with regular weight training, he could put on a couple lbs of muscle without losing speed, and he'll be a guy that can run it inside or outside.